During a visit to Israel, Mike Huckabee, an ex-governor of Arkansas and former candidate in the U.S. Republican presidential primaries, defended the anti-Muslim rhetoric of presumptive nominee Donald Trump, whom Huckabee said would make a “great president” for the Jewish state. “It’s not racist. I think a lot of people are acting like what Donald…
Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee said Israel has as much right to the West Bank as the United States has to Manhattan. Speaking at a press conference at Jerusalem’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Wednesday, the former Arkansas governor, who gave a speech in the West Bank settlement Shiloh on Tuesday said, according to The Guardian: “I…
Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee will arrive in Israel this week to raise campaign funds and discuss the recently signed accord on Iran’s nuclear program. The former Arkansas governor will arrive in Israel on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. A spokesperson saifd the trip would be “brief,” and did not provide further details. Huckabee…
We thought this year’s Republican presidential field had set a new low in personal invective, what with Ted Cruz calling Mitch McConnell a “liar,” Lindsey Graham calling Donald Trump a “jackass” and Trump himself impugning Graham’s competence, Rick Perry’s intelligence and even John McCain’s heroism. But Mike Huckabee has shown us there are always new…
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee drew rare criticism from Israel on Tuesday for comments in which he accused President Barack Obama of marching Israelis “to the door of the oven” in a nuclear deal with Iran. Israeli Transport Minister Yisrael Katz said on Facebook the former Arkansas governor was “genuinely concerned” about Israel’s future but…
The Jewish National Fund of Canada has canceled a scheduled speech by U.S. presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee. Huckabee, who is vying for the Republican bid in 2016, had his Oct. 15 speaking engagement in Ottawa canceled on June 10 following objections from the Canadian LGBTQ community, the Canadian Jewish News reported. An online petition at…
Mike Huckabee announced his bid for the Republican presidential race and pledged unyielding support for Israel, saying “hell would freeze” before Iran would get a nuclear weapon on his watch. Huckabee, a former governor of Arkansas, launched his run Tuesday in Hope, Arkansas, the birthplace he shares with former President Bill Clinton. Like many of…
On a visit to Israel, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee voiced support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s impending address to Congress. Huckabee, a likely 2016 Reublican candidate for president, also dismissed the prospects of ongoing American negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program. To prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, he said, America…
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